Joan Didion Cast Off The Fictions of American Politics
Few writers examined their own assumptions and misapprehensions as intelligently as Didion.
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Few writers examined their own assumptions and misapprehensions as intelligently as Didion.
Didion's book 'Where I Was From' picks apart mythologies of the overland crossing that shaped the Anglo West psyche. How a potato masher figures in the story.
Joan Didion, who died Thursday at 87, produced decades’ worth of memorable work across genres and subjects: personal essays, reporting and criticism on pop culture, political dispatches from at home
Joan Didion, who died Thursday at 87, produced decades’ worth of memorable work across genres and subjects: personal essays, reporting and criticism on pop culture, political dispatches from at home
On Thursday, Didion was quietly honored by some in her hometown, even though she left Sacramento long ago and long clung to her early memories.